分享几个TOEFL考题很有针对性的写作语言材料

TOEFL 考题

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People who do not work because they have enough money are rarely happy.

对应语料

[工作真的hin重要?]

Work is where many people have the bulk of their social interactions.

In a recent survey, 70 percent of employees said friendship at their job is the most important element of a happy work life. Research shows that employees say a co-located office environment is where they establish not just work collaborations but also their social ties.

TOEFL 考题

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People are happier when they give away extra money to charity or a good cause rather than when they spend it on themselves.

对应语料

[做好事，让人开心的语料]

The notion that kindness can boost well-being is hardly new.

Studies have shown that prosocial behavior — basically, voluntarily helping others — can help lower people’s daily stress levels, and that simple acts of connection, like texting a friend, mean more than many of us realize. ...

TOEFL 考题

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement？Government is not doing enough work to educate people the importance of nutrition and healthy eating.

对应语料

[相关机构应该要求食品营养信息列在更为显著的地方]

The Food and Drug Administration already requires most packaged foods to display a detailed nutritional label, but they are typically placed on the back or side of the item. Advocates want another, more condensed label on the front of the package that would visually flag certain health risks, such as high sugar or saturated-fat content, at a time of rising national rates of obesity among adults and children, as well as other diseases.

下面的文章可以整理出来三个题目的语料

TOEFL 考题

Imagine you have been offered jobs by two different companies at the same rate of pay. One of the companies will provide you with many interesting and challenging projects to work on, but it offers very few vacation days. The job at the other company does not seem very interesting or challenging, but offers more vacation days. Which job would you prefer and why?

对应语料

针对上面的题目，下面的内容可以证明不interesting 不见得是件坏事，只是这个论证方式细节还不够，如果是想不到合适的例子的，不建议用这个角度了。

Being a little bored might also refresh us: A researcher writing in Frontiers in Psychology in 2014 argued that boredom can induce us to see our ordinary activities as meaningful and significant. And although no studies specifically show this, I strongly suspect that doing nothing, if we can do it well, makes us happier too.

TOEFL 考题

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Children nowadays rely too much on technology, such as computers, smartphones, and video games, for fun and entertainment; playing with simpler toys or playing outside with friends would be better for children's development.

对应语料 [玩电子产品很难彻底的休息]

This is what three University of Michigan psychologists call “soft fascination,” and you might find it by walking in nature, or watching the waves. In contrast, “hard fascination” (found by, say, watching television) occupies attention and rules out mind-wandering. Research has found that soft fascination is more restorative than hard fascination.

这个语料同样比较适合有一定语言基础的同学，如果目前写作分数还没有到25的，不是特别建议，因为简单往外抛概念，没有细节的话，对于考试写作的分数没什么帮助。

TOEFL 考题

Do you agree or disagree with the statement that? Twenty years from now, people will have more leisure time (free time) than they do today. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

对应语料

[未来的人类不会有更多的休闲时光，因为Keynes 很早就预计现在的人会有比较多的闲暇时间，结果工作时长越来越长啊]

For many years, leisure was thought to be the golden promise of prosperity. The economist John Maynard Keynes predicted in 1930 that his grandchildren would be able to work about three hours a day.